Desperately Defending Susan

At his East Room press conference earlier today, President Obama got a question regarding Senators McCain and Graham’s statement (see my post below) that they intend to block a potential nomination for U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to serve as the next Secretary of State.

The response is notable for two reasons: (1) Obama seems to be arguing that Rice shouldn’t be held accountable for not knowing what the hell she was talking about because nobody else in the administration knew what the hell they were talking about either. (2) The “they have a problem with me” line marks the president’s final descent into becoming a character from a third-rate Aaron Sorkin screenplay.

Obama in press conference: Amb. Rice went on TV Sept.16th at the request of the White House and gave her best understanding of the intelligence that was provided for her. / Obama in debate (assisted by Candy Crowley): I called the Benghazi attack terrorism in the Rose Garden on Sept.12th. / Translation: I sent her out to peddle a false story, so don’t blame her!

Once a community-organizing thug, always a community-organizing thug. For all his alleged intelligence, he sure hasn’t figured out how to adjust his rhetoric for the office he holds. He can’t help but speak in the c-o thug vernacular.

Listen to what Obama said – She gave her UNDERSTANDING of the intelligence briefing she received. This is going to be a story of honest misunderstanding. Intelligence said one thing, but was not quite as specific as they might have been, but Rice’s understanding of it was something different.

“Mr. President, don’t think for one minute I don’t hold you ultimately responsible for Benghazi. I think you failed as Commander in Chief before, during, and after the attack,” Graham said in a rapidly issued statement.

“We owe it to the American people and the victims of this attack to have full, fair hearings and accountability be assigned where appropriate,” Graham continued. “Given what I know now, I have no intention of promoting anyone who is up to their eyeballs in the Benghazi debacle.”

The problem with Rice is that she is too stupid or gullible to be in government at a rank higher than a clerk. The “Innocence of Muslims” video and resulting protest does not pass the smell test. No thinking person could have entertained this theory for more than a few minutes. This is assuming that she is honest.

So, the deaths of Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens have gone from ‘not optimal’ to ‘a problem’ but the real travesty is that anyone is critical of ‘the U.N. Ambassador’. Got it.

The most striking part to me is the suggestion that mean Republicans are bullying this fine, upstanding, WOMAN because they think she is an “easy target” and they aren’t man enough to face him. Attention MSM – this is what a “dog whistle”sounds like.